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http://www.itpro.co.uk/603738/bt-may-takeover-southern-nhs-it

BT Health is in talks to take on part of the NHS IT contract which Fujitsu Services walked away from last month, the firm confirmed today.

Yesterday, Gordon Hextall, the head of NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) – the body rolling out the £12 billion National Programme for IT – told MPs at the House of Commons that his group was in talks with BT to takeover eight trusts which have already rolled out the Cerner software as part of the IT upgrade.

“Its no secret we are talking to BT about them taking responsibility for these sites,” Hextall told MPs, according to reports from E-Health Insider. But he added that due diligence meant it would take at least a month to finalise any deal.

Very cool, it will be interesting to see what solutions are provided by BT in response to the NHS’ requirements, anything we can do to improve the end user experience has to be a good thing.

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